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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Brand describe as "well-meaning, plump and debonair, both hands in pocket, quite sublimely like brackets in parenthesis?"
(a) The doctor.
(b) Gerd.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) Einar.

2. What debt does Brand claim his mother owes?
(a) A debt to the Devil.
(b) A debt to him.
(c) A debt to God.
(d) A debt to the bank.

3. Who does Brand's mother wish to take the glare of blinding light away?
(a) God.
(b) Brand.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Agnes.

4. At the Woman's house, what have the men come to ask of Brand?
(a) To be their priest.
(b) To be their Mayor.
(c) To be the prision guard.
(d) To be their farmer.

5. The play begins in what country?
(a) Netherlands.
(b) England.
(c) Norway.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the peasant afraid will happen to Brand if he continues on the path he is following?

2. What does the doctor say Brand and Agnes must do to save Alf?

3. Why does Brand refuse to help the peasant and his daughter?

4. Brand's mother sends news that she has offered half of her fortune to God. Brand still refuses to go see her. What is Brand's mother's second offering?

5. Where does Brand decide to go at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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